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Thursday, April 28, 2011

I haven't been doing my makeup this week, but had time to throw together a little somethin something for ya'll.

I started by using my ELF bronzer to trace a line just above my crease all the way to the bridge of my nose. (Nikkie tutorials on youtube does this a lot.) On the lid I used NYX JEP (jumbo eye pencil) in Milk, a shimmery medium-light pink from MAC and finally a more iridescent shimmery pink from the Wet 'n Wild Petal Pusher palette. I was hoping for a stronger pink. Maybe next time. I then put Ricepaper from MAC on my inner corner and a matte light beige to high light below my eye brow. Next I smudged a copper bronze pencil liner all the way around my eye. Smudged it more with a small fluffy angled brush and a similar shadow color. Finally I very closely lined my eyes with a liquid liner, added a gold shadow below my bottom lashes, and tight lined upper and lower lashes with a black liner.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

You can never go wrong with simple, warm neutrals and smoked out, smudged out eyeliner. I added a little girly fun with a matte light pink lipstick by Revlon.

I have had this men's dress shirt since high school when I performed a dance in it. It's been sitting in my closet, waiting for me to figure out how to wear it. I must have been trying to over dress it, because I am in love with the casual simplicity of this outfit. So simple and perfect. What more can I say!? =)

Monday, April 11, 2011

I have come to realize that I'm not good at doing a cut crease because I just don't think my eye is well suited for it. So, this is my version of a cut crease. I choose two different colors, but use a deeper color, usually black, as a transition. I could have done a more intense blue, but I like the glowy effect this light blue gives. For the inner corner highlight, I just used the pink ELF eye transformer, than the blue one on the inner third of the crease. It lent for a nice transition. For the eyeliner I used a navy gel liner from ELF and set it with the same navy shadow I used in my crease. You can't really tell in these photos, but I tight lined my upper lid with a lot of black pencil liner. I love how thick it makes my lashes look, more so in person than in these photos.

This style is a lot more complicated looking than it really is. I had just curled my hair, but didn't want to wear it down until the following day. I took various sized sections, twisted them back and pinned them down. I chose to pin everything more toward the right, but you can pin your hair at any location on your head. Then I just pinned down the fake flowers to add color.

Today my fabulously talented roommate took my grad photos. It took me a while to figure out how I wanted to do my makeup, and I wasn't even sure until it was all on my face. I know I wanted my eyes to look bright, so I started with a NYX jumbo eye pencil in milk in my tear duct and below my brow, then blended it out with a very light, creamy tan. From there, I let my brushes take me forward. (Yes, I'm just THAT cheesy.) I then added Vex from MAC to my lid. In my crease and just above I used a taupy gray, then blended a very small amount of MUFE #92 into the outer corner of my crease.